Matthijs de Ligt Not a good start to the season. After his disappointing time at Bayern Munich, his countryman Erik ten Haag He brought him to Manchester United in August, who paid 45 million euros for him, and so far the performance of the 25-year-old Dutch central defender has not been what was desired, not only in the English team, but also in his national team.
Newly incorporated, De Ligt He barely played the final minutes for United in the first two days of the Premier League against Fulham (1-0 win) and Brighton (2-1 loss). Ten Hags He started him on the third matchday and replaced him in the 70th minute, when Liverpool had already scored three goals to establish a disastrous 0-3 at Old Trafford.
He already failed against Bosnia
The break came for the matches of the national team and Ronald Koeman summoned De Ligt for the first two days of the Nations League. Despite the Netherlands’ 5-2 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, the centre-back failed to score Edin Dzeko.
and on tuesday De Ligt, against Germany, he again miscued a cut pass Jamal Musiala and finished with the goal that marked the short-lived 1-1, the work of Deniz Undav. The match ended 2-2.
Koeman: “I protect him by taking him out”
Koeman He accused him of his mistake in substituting him at half-time, although after the match he said he made the decision “to protect him”. “Of course I would prefer him to stay on the field,” said the ‘Oranje’ coach. “He seems to be in a period now where all his mistakes are being punished. I gave him another chance today, but in the end I was able to protect him by getting him out.”
Koeman has previously referred to the actions of De Ligt against Bosnia and Herzegovina in the preview of the match against Germany. “We have talked about it. He didn’t get his footwork right. It was a bad individual moment for a defender. We have to learn from that, it’s clear that in these kinds of moments we have to improve,” the former coach of Barcelona revealed on Monday before to take the edge off the situation: “But we don’t need to dramatize it and give it too much emphasis.”
Source: La Verdad
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